1 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 "What will be my life like?" "What could I do?" 2 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Introduction] 3 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and answering to that question: 4 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and because it is hard to understand now, we propose it by stimulating readers' fantasy 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:18,520 [The Zeitgeist Movement Italy] 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:20,160 [in collaboration with] 7 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:27,680 [Il Movimento Umanista] 8 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:33,000 [presents] 9 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:39,917 [Federico Pistono] 10 00:00:39,967 --> 00:00:42,472 [Daniele Mancinelli] 11 00:01:01,430 --> 00:01:07,480 [2nd International Symposium "Foundation of the New Civilization" - Parchi di Studio e di Riflessione, 29–31 October 2010] 12 00:01:09,313 --> 00:01:18,201 Let's proceed with the lecture in area 2: science and technology with Federico Pistono 13 00:01:18,201 --> 00:01:25,361 He's film-maker, blogger, and IT expert. In 2002 He wins a scholarship for an international college, 14 00:01:25,361 --> 00:01:32,464 in 2007 funds "Grilli biellesi", a nonprofit association of volounteers. 15 00:01:32,464 --> 00:01:38,586 from 2008 he starts working in a media farm in Verona as a film director and web programmer, 16 00:01:38,586 --> 00:01:45,836 in 2009 graduates with a degree in computer science and wins an international contest of bloggers and journalists. 17 00:01:45,836 --> 00:01:50,489 Since May 2009 He's the italian coordinator of The Zeitgeist Movement 18 00:01:50,489 --> 00:01:59,619 a social movement counting half a million members all over the world considered the activist arm of the Venus project. 19 00:01:59,619 --> 00:02:08,333 In this report also collaborates Daniele Mancinelli for the technical part, 20 00:02:08,333 --> 00:02:15,026 He has a degree in chemistry and pharmaceutical technology and worked on his master in molecular biology in Norway, 21 00:02:15,026 --> 00:02:22,530 currently he's a research manager in the nutraceutical field. 22 00:02:22,530 --> 00:02:31,856 The title of the lecture is: The Venus Project and The Zeitgeist Movement. 23 00:02:35,364 --> 00:02:41,110 I'd like to thank the Human Centre for having invited us here 24 00:02:41,110 --> 00:02:44,410 and for the opportunity to talk about our project 25 00:02:44,410 --> 00:02:46,374 and our idea of society. 26 00:02:46,374 --> 00:02:48,600 I also thank the previous speakers, 27 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:54,655 and in particular Professor Baracca for having pointed out a few problems in our society. 28 00:02:54,655 --> 00:02:59,680 I'll try not to sin of pride 29 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,387 presenting a possible solution 30 00:03:02,387 --> 00:03:07,402 to the problems identified earlier. 31 00:03:07,402 --> 00:03:10,560 Technology advances at an exponential rate, 32 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:20,840 and yet our living conditions don't seem to improve accordingly. 33 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:31,000 Society seems to be paralysed by something that restrain and divert it. 34 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:44,078 So, how can a normal person, like me or you, contribute for the betterment of society and everyone's life? 35 00:03:45,101 --> 00:03:48,800 How can we solve the problems that affect the human species 36 00:03:48,815 --> 00:03:52,643 that we talked about before? 37 00:03:52,643 --> 00:04:04,409 Let's have a quick look of the future of the human species and how you can help. 38 00:04:04,409 --> 00:04:08,137 I want to say that the current economic system 39 00:04:08,137 --> 00:04:13,492 kills true innovation and the development of human culture, 40 00:04:13,492 --> 00:04:19,240 and that we have to learn to base our activities on the resources of the planet, 41 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:25,404 living in harmony with it, rather than destroying it. 42 00:04:25,404 --> 00:04:30,240 That's all. We can all go home now... 43 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,840 OK, I'm here to share with you some very simple thoughts, 44 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:41,913 which too often are forgotten or misunderstood. 45 00:04:41,913 --> 00:04:46,302 [Exponential graph] 46 00:04:46,302 --> 00:04:59,007 This chart represents the exponential growth of technology through time. 47 00:04:59,007 --> 00:05:06,207 There are no numbers because the purpose is just to show a concept. 48 00:05:06,207 --> 00:05:11,560 [X Axis: "Time", Y axis: "Technological Progress"] 49 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:23,396 What does "exponential growth" mean? 50 00:05:23,396 --> 00:05:32,069 A linear growth is when you add up the same relative amount through time, 51 00:05:32,069 --> 00:05:42,520 but when you multiply a positive amount by itself, that's an exponential growth. 52 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:47,760 People confuse this idea with Moore's Law, 53 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:52,313 which predicts that CPU performance and the number of transistors, 54 00:05:52,313 --> 00:05:55,222 double every 18 months. 55 00:05:55,222 --> 00:05:57,642 It's an error. 56 00:05:57,642 --> 00:06:04,304 The human species has increased its technological knowledge 57 00:06:04,304 --> 00:06:09,480 which constantly doubles every 14 months for over 100 years. 58 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:16,059 The exponential growth started long before Gordon Moore was even born. 59 00:06:16,059 --> 00:06:20,212 From the industrial revolution to mass production, 60 00:06:20,212 --> 00:06:25,228 from punch cards to the **thermionic valves** 61 00:06:25,228 --> 00:06:28,963 not only transistors, but DNA sequencing, 62 00:06:28,963 --> 00:06:31,600 the reverse-engineering of the human brain, 63 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,225 number of inventions and discoveries, nanotechnologies, 64 00:06:36,225 --> 00:06:40,920 mass communications, the ability to store information. 65 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:48,960 all these and many other aspect have risen exponentially. 66 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:54,320 It's hard to think in terms of exponential growth because our brain doesn't work that way, 67 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:59,969 it didn't evolve with that goal. 68 00:06:59,969 --> 00:07:05,791 Try to imagine: 30 thousand years ago, in the savannah. 69 00:07:05,791 --> 00:07:09,646 We're fleeing from a tiger that wants to eat you. 70 00:07:09,646 --> 00:07:18,575 What's more useful to our survival? 71 00:07:18,575 --> 00:07:24,274 Being able to think in linear terms, where the tiger will be 10 seconds 72 00:07:24,274 --> 00:07:29,500 I mean, the tiger starts to run, 30-40km/h 73 00:07:30,490 --> 00:07:31,480 or in exponential terms? 74 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:35,020 maybe those who think linearly will survive more. 75 00:07:35,020 --> 00:07:39,037 Otherwise we start running to early, we get tired and the tiger... "gnam"! 76 00:07:39,037 --> 00:07:48,798 So only the ones that made linear projections in the near future survived. 77 00:07:48,798 --> 00:07:53,560 What does it mean reason in exponential terms? 78 00:07:53,560 --> 00:08:00,160 This evolutionary heritage doesn't help much when we want to project ourselves into the future. 79 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:06,015 Here's an example: suppose I want to make reproduce a bacterial colony in this glass, 80 00:08:06,077 --> 00:08:14,900 I now go to the lab and let it reproduce 81 00:08:14,900 --> 00:08:19,800 so I feed it and every minute the colony reproduces. 82 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:25,137 Please, those who already know the story, don't spoil it 83 00:08:25,137 --> 00:08:37,182 OK, every minute, this colony doubles in size, eating up all the resources 84 00:08:37,182 --> 00:08:44,904 After 60 minutes the colony has filled the glass completely and all bacteria die. 85 00:08:44,904 --> 00:08:55,437 Now, imagine the glass is empty. I put the bacterial colony, doubles every, after 60 minutes the glass is full. 86 00:08:55,437 --> 00:09:09,306 The question is: after 55 minutes, what percentage of the glass the colony has filled? 87 00:09:09,306 --> 00:09:14,005 Half? Less than half? 88 00:09:14,005 --> 00:09:21,136 3.125%. 89 00:09:21,136 --> 00:09:27,720 3.125% after 55 minutes. 6.250% a minute later, then 12, 24... 90 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:32,462 In 6 doubling we reach 120% and... all dead. 91 00:09:32,462 --> 00:09:37,885 Now imagine this anthropomorphic bacteria. 92 00:09:37,885 --> 00:09:51,496 They live and multiply for 55 minutes, they have meetings, then suddenly one comes out and says: "guys, we need a bigger glass!" 93 00:09:51,496 --> 00:09:55,302 And they say: are you nuts? 94 00:09:55,302 --> 00:10:06,354 "It's been 55 minutes, and we're only at 3%! Shut up, dude, we've still got hours left..." 95 00:10:06,354 --> 00:10:13,460 4-5 minutes and they're all dead. That's exponential growth. 96 00:10:13,460 --> 00:10:21,431 We're like the bacteria. 5 minutes on evolutionary scale and... we're all done! 97 00:10:21,431 --> 00:10:28,092 But nobody explains that in these terms. It seems too simple, but it is that simple. 98 00:10:28,092 --> 00:10:35,760 The economic system is based on exponential growth, in technology 99 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:40,148 but also in the trade of goods and services for profit. 100 00:10:40,148 --> 00:10:47,551 We have to buy stuff that we don't need with money that we don't have. 101 00:10:47,551 --> 00:10:52,675 Something doesn't work! 102 00:10:56,737 --> 00:11:03,400 Thanks to this wonderful exponential growth, we can now enjoy all the comfort of modern life. 103 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:11,674 Medicine, computers, mobile phones, Internet, movies, airplanes, power plants! 104 00:11:11,674 --> 00:11:15,423 Everything. 105 00:11:15,423 --> 00:11:20,387 Technology allows us to do incredible things. 106 00:11:20,387 --> 00:11:30,730 In the end, however, I need to ask myself a question. What makes my life meaningful? 107 00:11:30,730 --> 00:11:33,345 Technology? 108 00:11:33,345 --> 00:11:41,466 All the wonders of science and technology are nothing but thousands of tons of junk, 109 00:11:41,466 --> 00:11:46,325 unless they serve to improve people's life. 110 00:11:46,325 --> 00:11:59,031 Technology should free people from hard, monotonous, dangerous and repetitive jobs; and also degrading 111 00:11:59,031 --> 00:12:05,045 to elevate them in a way that they can finally achieve their potential. 112 00:12:05,045 --> 00:12:14,690 Sure, in our civilised world technological progress grows at an exponential rate, just look at the numbers 113 00:12:15,244 --> 00:12:23,560 but I believe this chart is incomplete, and we need to draw another line. 114 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:26,258 [exponential and linear chart] 115 00:12:26,258 --> 00:12:28,935 Here it is. This is the Zeitgeist line. 116 00:12:28,935 --> 00:12:32,431 Zeitgeist is a German word literally meaning "spirit of time" 117 00:12:32,431 --> 00:12:39,130 that is "the defining spirit or mood of society through time". 118 00:12:39,130 --> 00:12:44,362 And we see that the Zeitgeist can't catch up. It's a linear trend. 119 00:12:44,362 --> 00:12:47,705 Because we are not used to think exponentially 120 00:12:47,705 --> 00:12:55,555 Our educational system is based on linear projections, linear way of teaching. 121 00:12:55,555 --> 00:13:03,683 We don't update our knowledge at exponential rate. 122 00:13:03,683 --> 00:13:09,705 The gap between the two lines become wider and wider. 123 00:13:09,705 --> 00:13:14,320 This is a problem. 124 00:13:15,058 --> 00:13:21,750 The culture, the Zeitgeist, can't catch up with technology. We see that every day! 125 00:13:21,750 --> 00:13:28,320 Infinite economic growth is not only unsustainable but also ecologically deleterious. 126 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:36,431 The market system is not based on the intelligent management of the limited earth's resources 127 00:13:36,431 --> 00:13:43,290 but on their constant exploitation for profit. 128 00:13:43,290 --> 00:13:51,052 Infinite growth on one hand, finite resources on the other. 129 00:13:51,052 --> 00:13:58,896 That doesn't work, sooner or later either of them must end. 130 00:13:58,896 --> 00:14:06,600 An economist and all his theories... bullshit! It's that simple! 131 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:11,240 Don't think that because an argument is simple than there must be something wrong with it. 132 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,159 It's really that simple! 133 00:14:13,159 --> 00:14:18,006 We have finite resources and seemingly infinite desires. 134 00:14:18,006 --> 00:14:25,114 That's want you to believe it's true. But it's not. Something has to change. 135 00:14:25,129 --> 00:14:36,560 Everyday we pollute lands, rivers, oceans, and most important people's minds. 136 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:39,640 There's only one reason. 137 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:45,240 I've been thinking about that and I've arrived at this conclusion: 138 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:51,220 we have forgotten what is relevant. 139 00:14:53,174 --> 00:15:01,600 The only economic model that has a chance to succeed, in any society 140 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:12,222 is based on the management and preservation of the natural resources, not on money for sure, which is an invention. 141 00:15:12,222 --> 00:15:15,416 Resources, on the contrary, are real. 142 00:15:15,416 --> 00:15:20,080 This is what I've learned from the Zeitgeist Movement and the Venus Project, 143 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,331 and that's the reason why I decided to become the Italian coordinator 144 00:15:23,331 --> 00:15:27,577 and dedicate my spare time to this project. 145 00:15:27,577 --> 00:15:33,720 So the question is: How do we bring this line [the Zeitgeist] 146 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:41,911 to the step of the technology? avoiding so the collapse. 147 00:15:41,911 --> 00:15:48,741 I think the answer is right before a simple word: 148 00:15:48,741 --> 00:15:51,840 (the word is simple, but resolution is difficult) 149 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,708 "Education". 150 00:15:54,708 --> 00:15:58,271 Education is the only thing can save us. 151 00:15:58,271 --> 00:16:00,984 and here the Zeitgeist movement comes in his rule. 152 00:16:00,984 --> 00:16:07,053 It is a social movement that points to a radical change of our values on global scale, 153 00:16:07,053 --> 00:16:12,692 to raise the zeitgeist, or the spiritual culture of the society, 154 00:16:12,692 --> 00:16:18,260 to a more human and sane level, based on earth resources, 155 00:16:18,260 --> 00:16:21,995 on our scientific and technological knowledge, 156 00:16:21,995 --> 00:16:28,640 and on freedom of people, that will finally dedicate to something 157 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:34,325 they feel more important for their lives, elevating their potential. 158 00:16:34,325 --> 00:16:39,062 That's it. This is relevant. 159 00:16:39,062 --> 00:16:42,277 Almost all problems that humanity is facing 160 00:16:42,277 --> 00:16:47,726 are at the range of a technical solution. 161 00:16:47,726 --> 00:16:53,055 no doubt about this, You can ask to any scientist that has done a minimum 162 00:16:53,055 --> 00:16:58,320 a tiny bit of true research, on this subject. 163 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:04,839 Nobody will tell you that problems won't have a technical solution. 164 00:17:04,839 --> 00:17:12,080 energetic problems would be irrelevant if we did not use a paralyzing system 165 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:15,912 That has to invest on non renewable resources. 166 00:17:15,912 --> 00:17:22,320 We have solar nano photovoltaic cells that are efficient and economic too, 167 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:27,840 the production of solar energy has been doubling every 24 months since last 20 years. 168 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:34,145 Google and Kurzweil have forecast we're only 8 steps behind, 169 00:17:34,145 --> 00:17:44,720 this means that with the trend of the last 20 years applied to the next 16, we will have achieved the whole earth production, 170 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:50,160 only by solar energy. 171 00:17:54,206 --> 00:18:00,680 The offshore wind farm installations are increasingly a reality, and costs are repaid in few years 172 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:11,971 every week there are news of some new nation or corporation that has installed 50, 100 wind farms, more and more bigger. 173 00:18:11,971 --> 00:18:20,594 They are more and more efficient, they repay costs in lesser time and produce more and more energy. 174 00:18:20,594 --> 00:18:23,649 It's so obvious. 175 00:18:23,649 --> 00:18:27,686 Portugal and the UK are already installing tidal power plants. 176 00:18:27,686 --> 00:18:32,561 A form of energy which is not even mentioned, during energy conferences. 177 00:18:32,561 --> 00:18:36,480 Free energy, from the sea. 178 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:46,269 A 2006 MIT study has shown that with today's technology, not therefore with speculative prototypes, 179 00:18:46,269 --> 00:18:59,801 only with the geothermal energy, we could produce enough power to satisfy all of man's needs 180 00:18:59,801 --> 00:19:04,702 several times, for thousand years. 181 00:19:04,702 --> 00:19:13,080 The geothermal is an energy with very low environmental impact, and with the next generation can be reduced to almost zero, 182 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:21,086 and is now available everywhere. Italy is a country rich in geothermal energy 183 00:19:21,086 --> 00:19:29,520 and we are not using it at all. It is simple: who makes money if it is an energy that doesn't cost anything? 184 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:33,655 Who's going to pay for that? Who makes profit? 185 00:19:33,655 --> 00:19:43,242 When you create abundance, the profit disappears. Then the abundance is the enemy of profit. 186 00:19:44,857 --> 00:19:53,240 Many say to me: "OK, energy... but we are too many on this planet! 187 00:19:53,240 --> 00:20:03,320 We are almost 7 billion, and shortly 8, 9, 10 in 2050. How can we produce food for all? 188 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:13,989 We are already exploiting every part of the planet with a heavy subsistence farming, 189 00:20:13,989 --> 00:20:19,560 there's no more space, no more food". 190 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:24,726 Do not believe this, that's not true! 191 00:20:24,726 --> 00:20:30,682 OK, if we stopped eating like pigs every day maybe we'd solve the problem... 192 00:20:30,682 --> 00:20:40,591 Jokes aside, a healthier diet would benefit us, eat less meat -like some decades ago- 193 00:20:41,514 --> 00:20:45,565 Anyway. 194 00:20:45,581 --> 00:20:54,217 Technically that's not a problem. A synergy of aeroponics, hydroponics and aquaponics 195 00:20:54,217 --> 00:20:57,733 made in a controlled environment on vertical buildings 196 00:20:57,733 --> 00:21:02,680 drastically reduce the ecological footprint and the demand of water: 197 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:11,040 we would save 90% of water and 80% of space if we compare it to traditional methods. 198 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:16,320 It would require no pesticides at all. 199 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:28,520 Pesticides and weed-killers are made with petrol. Don't believe to anyone saying that there's no space. That's not true. 200 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:35,840 [A question from the audience] "What's the name of these cultures you talked about?" 201 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:42,230 Hydroponics, aquaponics and aeroponics. These cultures do not need earth. 202 00:21:42,230 --> 00:21:48,713 On the water, on air using water vapour, the roots absorb it 203 00:21:48,713 --> 00:21:54,454 or you can have an integrated system, where fish and plants live in symbiosis 204 00:21:54,454 --> 00:21:59,457 plants will commute their waste as a nutrient for fishes and vice-versa: 205 00:21:59,472 --> 00:22:05,905 it's an integrated cycle. It works perfectly nothing is wasted. 206 00:22:05,905 --> 00:22:11,215 No need for pesticides, oil. Abundance for all... 207 00:22:11,215 --> 00:22:17,093 But why should we do it? Where is the profit? 208 00:22:17,093 --> 00:22:24,679 I could go on with these examples, but you can find many free books, videos, publications about this technology 209 00:22:24,679 --> 00:22:27,409 on our site: www.zeitgeistitalia.org you can find the links 210 00:22:27,409 --> 00:22:33,901 to new scientist, nature, science, physorg, all detailed scientific publications wit the names of the authors 211 00:22:33,901 --> 00:22:40,226 there's the singularity university at Stanford, that's working on these projects 212 00:22:40,226 --> 00:22:53,213 on zeitgeistitalia.org you can find all references, at the end of the presentation I'll show the links, and a PDF will be available on the site 213 00:22:53,213 --> 00:23:04,339 The problem is that people don't even know that these solutions actually exist. 214 00:23:04,339 --> 00:23:17,969 All these technologies are here, at hand, in 2010, not in 2200! 215 00:23:17,969 --> 00:23:30,220 But then, how's possible that even with these technologies our society is falling down? 216 00:23:30,220 --> 00:23:48,898 According to a UN report of 2010, every 5 seconds a child die from starvation. 217 00:23:48,898 --> 00:23:54,854 Another one is dead. 218 00:23:54,854 --> 00:23:57,747 Think about what it means. 219 00:23:57,747 --> 00:24:07,640 Today, we could provide food to everyone and more, but we do not do this. 220 00:24:10,409 --> 00:24:13,976 Why? 221 00:24:13,976 --> 00:24:18,840 For profit? 222 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:27,757 A question comes back to my mind: "What's does really matter? What makes my life meaningful?" 223 00:24:27,757 --> 00:24:34,064 There are multinationals like Monsanto that actually patented life forms. 224 00:24:34,064 --> 00:24:40,720 They sell infertile seeds to farmers, and these people find themselves to be trapped between lawyers and patents 225 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:48,503 and if they don't follow the rules, they're over. 226 00:24:48,503 --> 00:24:53,262 These are the things that people must know. 227 00:24:53,262 --> 00:25:02,067 To solve a problem, there are some basic and necessary conditions: 228 00:25:02,067 --> 00:25:07,320 1. First of all, you must understand that there's a problem. 229 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,129 Otherwise you would think that everything's alright and if someone gives you a solution, 230 00:25:10,129 --> 00:25:14,908 the reaction could be "A solution to what? I'm fine, what do you want from me?" 231 00:25:14,908 --> 00:25:19,154 2. You must find a solution 232 00:25:19,154 --> 00:25:29,400 Otherwise, you would just keep talking without doing nothing. 233 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:39,262 3. You must find an adequate number of people concerned about it. 234 00:25:39,262 --> 00:25:45,172 Then you can start doing things for real. 235 00:25:45,172 --> 00:25:48,905 Forgive my "quotation marks". 236 00:25:48,905 --> 00:25:53,222 The first step is to get through mental scarcity, 237 00:25:53,222 --> 00:25:58,431 and this is achieved with education. Broadly speaking. 238 00:25:58,431 --> 00:26:03,523 Education is not only learn by heart the Euclid's and Pytagora's theorems 239 00:26:03,523 --> 00:26:06,307 Education is about all your life. 240 00:26:06,307 --> 00:26:11,245 Education is to know how to talk to people, how to be empathic. 241 00:26:11,245 --> 00:26:19,894 Education is to know how to raise a child, know how to teach, know how to listen to what others have to say. 242 00:26:19,894 --> 00:26:22,820 Education is all our life. 243 00:26:22,820 --> 00:26:28,642 Don't be tricked by how they distorted words in the last years: 244 00:26:28,642 --> 00:26:34,710 science = atomic bomb, education = go to school and take good grades 245 00:26:34,710 --> 00:26:40,092 Nothing like that. 246 00:26:40,092 --> 00:26:48,124 Many people ask to me: "So, the Zeitgeist Movement is only about education? 247 00:26:48,124 --> 00:26:55,760 Why don't you start making something more practical? The first experimental city? When will you start gather some funds 248 00:26:55,760 --> 00:27:05,391 to make the perfect city, where everything is recycled and people just come there and robots make everything?..." 249 00:27:05,422 --> 00:27:09,562 When do you do something practical? 250 00:27:09,562 --> 00:27:15,902 Asking questions like this just proves a person didn't understand a single word. 251 00:27:15,902 --> 00:27:19,175 Imagine to take a native Australian 252 00:27:19,175 --> 00:27:22,689 Let's make a "thought experiment" just like Einstein 253 00:27:22,689 --> 00:27:30,077 Take this native Australian and "throw" him in the center of Manhattan, in Times Square. 254 00:27:30,077 --> 00:27:38,880 Try to imagine how he could feel. Probably he will go crazy after 2 or 3 days. 255 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:48,065 Alright, now take a person who believes in the current economic system based on profit 256 00:27:48,065 --> 00:27:53,970 and put him into a sustainable city, where everything is recycled, where people help each other 257 00:27:53,970 --> 00:27:56,074 and he will go crazy after 3 days. 258 00:27:56,074 --> 00:28:02,800 "Where is the police? Why aren't doors locked? Safety... ahhhh!" 259 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:09,481 Be serious. Before doing something 260 00:28:09,481 --> 00:28:12,806 you need to understand why you are doing it. 261 00:28:12,806 --> 00:28:16,131 From my point of view, we've got two options. 262 00:28:16,131 --> 00:28:22,889 Option Number zero: maintain the status quo. 263 00:28:22,889 --> 00:28:25,685 Keep things the way they are. 264 00:28:25,685 --> 00:28:28,480 What is the world going to be like? 265 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:35,400 If we look at the trends, we can make predictions for the next 10, 20, 30 years. 266 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:44,280 I see a world dominated by a handful of corporations. 267 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:51,840 They will hold patents on everything: new ideas, inventions, technologies, medicines. 268 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:56,150 And life. 269 00:28:56,150 --> 00:29:01,160 Technology will grow at a rate so fast... 270 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:14,400 (this is only the beginning and there's a significant increase. I didn't mark the next steps otherwise you wouldn't even see the blue line, 271 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:23,400 you wouldn't notice the difference with the X axis, while the other goes straight up, almost vertically) 272 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:39,125 Exponential growth doesn't seem relevant when you consider small numbers, but it goes out of control as numbers get bigger. It's unimaginable. 273 00:29:39,125 --> 00:29:47,752 The gap between the two lines will be so wide that the average person will not have a clue of what's happening 274 00:29:47,752 --> 00:29:51,159 "Oh God! I don't understand anything... ahhh!" 275 00:29:51,159 --> 00:29:54,197 and will search an authority figure who would give security. More locks, more police, complete scan even on the train 276 00:29:54,197 --> 00:30:01,127 Ah, yes! More locks on our doors. 277 00:30:01,127 --> 00:30:03,380 More police. 278 00:30:03,380 --> 00:30:09,263 Yes! Full body scan. Not just on airports, but also on train stations, 279 00:30:09,263 --> 00:30:19,424 even in the public offices, if you have gobble a clip, they shot you 'cause they think you have a bomb... 280 00:30:19,424 --> 00:30:24,428 Relax, relax. 281 00:30:24,428 --> 00:30:33,320 In 20 year we'll have microchip small as a cell, and it will cost less than waste paper. 282 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:43,069 We'll have power to alter material at molecular level, at very low cost. 283 00:30:43,069 --> 00:30:51,520 That means possibility to replicate anything only having basic information. 284 00:30:51,520 --> 00:31:01,840 The question is: who control these technologies? 285 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:07,902 That's an handful of corporations? 286 00:31:07,902 --> 00:31:12,630 Whose aim - i would remember it - is profit? 287 00:31:12,630 --> 00:31:18,080 That's the army? 288 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:30,560 All knowledge is shared, in good science. If it isn't, it's bad science, and it's a kind of tyranny. 289 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:38,139 I don't like that: centralized power, minds ruined, resources destroyed. 290 00:31:38,139 --> 00:31:47,320 all because of the profit mechanism and for not taking into account what is really relevant. 291 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:58,981 Finally, I'm sorry to say that, the possible extinction of the human species because of its inability to live in dynamic equilibrium with the environment. 292 00:31:58,981 --> 00:32:06,294 I'm not a doomsday guy, but that's a realistic possibility, according to the past trends. 293 00:32:06,294 --> 00:32:09,320 That was option number zero. 294 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:19,540 Now I'd like to introduce option number one, at least I'll try. I'm not saying it's an easy one or the right one, or the best one, 295 00:32:19,540 --> 00:32:25,313 but surely it's better than option number zero. 296 00:32:25,313 --> 00:32:33,400 We begin a process of cultural evolution that is up to date with our technological understandings. 297 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:43,154 Applying the scientific method, we gradually get rid of all the irrelevant beliefs and paralysing dogmas, 298 00:32:43,154 --> 00:32:48,920 and base our activities on what the planet can provide, 299 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,960 not on what somebody arbitrarily wants. 300 00:32:51,960 --> 00:33:00,720 All knowledge is shared, everything is crystal clear, everyone has access to resources 301 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:04,600 and available information. 302 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:11,053 Open source: free access, shared knowledge, well informed people. 303 00:33:11,053 --> 00:33:17,845 In my opinion, it's impossible to prevent war, terrorism, crime, 304 00:33:17,845 --> 00:33:22,730 without addressing the root causes that generates them. 305 00:33:22,730 --> 00:33:37,228 Abundant resources, healthy planet, high quality education, high standard of living for everyone, not one human being excluded. 306 00:33:37,228 --> 00:33:41,480 Not one excluded! 307 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:46,971 Not only 350 million Europeans, 330 million Americans, 130 million Japanese... no. 308 00:33:46,971 --> 00:33:57,211 7 billion people today, 10 billion in 2060... everybody, the same high standard of living 309 00:33:57,211 --> 00:34:05,753 I'm very positive about the future. Why? Because I'm a crazy idealist? 310 00:34:05,753 --> 00:34:11,800 Maybe... the truth is I don't see any other options. 311 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:17,979 As far as I'm concerned, the only option truly valid in number one. 312 00:34:17,979 --> 00:34:21,920 Actually I'm positive because I've got a memory. 313 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:28,062 Yep, I'm young but I wasn't born the other day, and I remember what happened in the past 314 00:34:28,062 --> 00:34:33,400 and what I've seen, the change in our culture 315 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:42,160 Let's step back. Imagine. Imagine I go back to my professor of economy at college, 316 00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:53,322 Simon Folley, English, 8 years ago, saying: "Professor, I've got an extraordinary idea for a new economic model. 317 00:34:53,322 --> 00:35:04,059 Here's how it works: you take a bunch of people around the world with a highly qualified job, 318 00:35:04,059 --> 00:35:12,169 and they work on a project for free, 20 or 30 hours a week". 319 00:35:12,169 --> 00:35:14,542 At this point Simon looks a little bit skeptical. 320 00:35:14,542 --> 00:35:19,362 "Wait, I'm not done! 321 00:35:19,362 --> 00:35:22,726 what they create, they give it way to the world, 322 00:35:22,726 --> 00:35:29,659 for free, instead of selling it. It's going to be a huge success!" 323 00:35:29,659 --> 00:35:42,224 He would have thought I was crazy. Nevertheless, today we have Linux and BSD, free operating systems 324 00:35:42,224 --> 00:35:49,068 running on almost every server in the world; 325 00:35:49,068 --> 00:35:58,880 Apache, the most popular web server in the world, Wikipedia, the largest encyclopedia in history, 326 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:06,491 even more accurate than the British Encyclopedia and Microsoft Encarta, which both have paid teams of experts working on them 327 00:36:06,491 --> 00:36:12,056 and the articles are less than one tenth compared to Wikipedia. 328 00:36:12,056 --> 00:36:29,061 What's happening? Why these people, who already have a job, the technical skills, 329 00:36:29,061 --> 00:36:36,062 during their limited spare time are willing to do another job, even more difficult, 330 00:36:36,062 --> 00:36:43,977 not for their clients, but for somebody else, FOR FREE! 331 00:36:43,977 --> 00:36:52,480 It's a rather weird economic behaviour, don't you think so? 332 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:58,711 In just one year, the Zeitgeist Movement has reached half a million members all over the world, 333 00:36:58,711 --> 00:37:09,640 has produced two movies, a third one is coming out soon, two books, tens of recorded conferences all over the world. 334 00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:15,402 There are hundreds of activist groups scattered in 100 countries, who translate material to their language, 335 00:37:15,402 --> 00:37:23,520 organise meetings, movie screenings, discussions, create podcast, articles, music, art. 336 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:31,880 All shared for free on the internet, under a Creative Common license. All done by volunteers. 337 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:38,887 The Italian chapter has now 10,000 contacts and keep rising every day. 338 00:37:38,887 --> 00:37:53,489 Then, the old concept that people only work for profit, and without the money incentive nobody does anything 339 00:37:53,489 --> 00:37:58,280 maybe it's not true. 340 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:05,080 It's hard to break the old schemes, because we're prisoners of common sense. 341 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:15,912 It's difficult to realise that something we take for granted is actually wrong, and that reason is... 342 00:38:15,912 --> 00:38:21,712 ... that we take it for granted! 343 00:38:21,712 --> 00:38:31,665 For example, we are used to believe that for one's life is meaningful you need to have a job and make money. 344 00:38:31,665 --> 00:38:34,898 When you meet someone you say: "How do you do? I'm Federico. What do you do in life?" 345 00:38:34,898 --> 00:38:38,861 Meaning: "What's your job?" 346 00:38:38,861 --> 00:38:43,133 Because it's not: "What's your job", it's "Who are you?" 347 00:38:43,133 --> 00:38:46,929 How many times you really like your job and you wouldn't do anything else 348 00:38:46,929 --> 00:38:50,660 and if they tell you: "You can do anything you want" you'd answer "I want to do what I do!"? 349 00:38:50,660 --> 00:38:54,234 How many times? 350 00:38:54,234 --> 00:39:00,308 One in 10, 20, 100? 351 00:39:00,308 --> 00:39:07,490 Or the belief that some people are born evil, or competitive, 352 00:39:07,490 --> 00:39:21,000 and that it's "human nature" to fight to survive. 353 00:39:26,954 --> 00:39:29,588 I think that's not true. 354 00:39:29,588 --> 00:39:37,160 and I say this because the latest scientific studies lead to just that conclusion. 355 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:46,560 In our brain, there are mirror neurons: we feel emotions and empathic stress in response to what we see in others. 356 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:52,320 It's part of our biology. I'm not making stuff up, guys. 357 00:39:52,320 --> 00:40:00,313 We're programmed by natural selection to be empathic, cooperative, curious; 358 00:40:00,313 --> 00:40:06,322 and not competitive, destructive and lazy. 359 00:40:06,322 --> 00:40:10,162 But we have forgotten that. 360 00:40:10,162 --> 00:40:18,180 We have to broaden our sense of identity, to all human beings and all the other living creature 361 00:40:18,180 --> 00:40:25,332 that are part of our evolutionary family, and the biosphere as our community. 362 00:40:25,332 --> 00:40:32,653 In the words of the great Carl Sagan: "We are one planet". 363 00:40:35,022 --> 00:40:40,760 What we're celebrating with this lecture is the gift of human imagination, 364 00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:47,000 the ability to imagine a different future. 365 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:54,723 As Sir Ken Robinson said, we have to careful and use this gift wisely, 366 00:40:54,723 --> 00:40:59,840 to avoid some of the scenarios we have talked about. 367 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:06,166 And that's possible only if we realise the real value of our creativeness. 368 00:41:06,166 --> 00:41:11,581 If we really are an empathic society, let's show our true nature. 369 00:41:11,581 --> 00:41:19,334 Unless we leave our creativity to be repressed by the education system and the establishment, 370 00:41:19,334 --> 00:41:24,323 we can open a discussion, from here, the foundation for a new civilization. 371 00:41:24,323 --> 00:41:37,680 Let's start rethinking the role of the human species on this planet, a collaborative society is far too efficient than a competitive one. 372 00:41:38,985 --> 00:41:43,552 Together we can lay the foundations for a new civilization 373 00:41:43,552 --> 00:41:45,216 empathic 374 00:41:45,216 --> 00:41:47,401 sustainable 375 00:41:47,401 --> 00:41:49,132 evolving 376 00:41:49,132 --> 00:41:50,875 humane. 377 00:41:50,875 --> 00:41:54,233 Thank you 378 00:42:26,416 --> 00:42:28,173 Any questions? 379 00:42:33,819 --> 00:42:42,754 I really like the name of the Movement... Zeitgeist... spirit of time 380 00:42:42,788 --> 00:42:46,267 in particular the word spirit 381 00:42:46,267 --> 00:42:50,847 because it's in some way connected with spirituality, with something deeper. 382 00:42:50,847 --> 00:42:54,437 I agree with everything you said, 383 00:42:54,437 --> 00:42:56,956 the door is already open, 384 00:42:56,956 --> 00:43:04,401 but I'd like to know, how do you see the spiritual aspect? 385 00:43:06,185 --> 00:43:07,513 Thank you 386 00:43:07,513 --> 00:43:16,982 Well, the movement has the aim to provide the social foundations 387 00:43:16,982 --> 00:43:22,233 to give every human being the opportunity to flourish, in all their aspects, 388 00:43:22,233 --> 00:43:30,990 education, social relationships, and also spirituality 389 00:43:30,990 --> 00:43:40,589 and our priority is to make sure that everyone can realise their potential 390 00:43:40,589 --> 00:43:48,244 and when one has access to the resources he needs, and no longer need to work to make a living, 391 00:43:48,244 --> 00:43:54,994 because we can, through automation and advanced technologies, without any problem, 392 00:43:54,994 --> 00:44:02,252 provide clean water, houses, energy and food for everyone; 393 00:44:02,252 --> 00:44:08,145 if you were born in a reality that offers you, as one of your rights, all these resources 394 00:44:08,145 --> 00:44:16,398 you could begin exploring your spirituality without being stressed because of work or because of people, 395 00:44:16,398 --> 00:44:22,690 and when education will make you understand how to live in a proactive way, 396 00:44:22,690 --> 00:44:31,149 how to think and call into question nature, life, everything you will learn, your spirituality, your world, the stars 397 00:44:31,149 --> 00:44:39,975 when finally you will have the time for yourself, then you will be able to think to your spirituality too, and in a much efficient way than you could do today. 398 00:44:39,975 --> 00:44:45,337 Today you have to "dematerialize" yourself from what actually makes you sad or stress in your everyday life 399 00:44:45,337 --> 00:44:50,789 like work, for example 400 00:44:50,789 --> 00:45:00,208 you have to meditate in order to push away your problems and, finally, be in contact with your spirituality 401 00:45:00,208 --> 00:45:13,182 if you wouldn't have to use time and energy trying to eliminate stress, don't you think it would be easier? 402 00:45:13,182 --> 00:45:21,971 What we actually think is that it is much more important to educate people about what we could do and how to do it: 403 00:45:21,971 --> 00:45:27,488 Venus Project is not the end, but just the beginning of our path. 404 00:45:27,488 --> 00:45:33,502 We don't see our society as a civilization, 405 00:45:33,502 --> 00:45:38,844 a civilized society, indeed, will exist when everyone will have access to the resources they need 406 00:45:38,844 --> 00:45:41,750 and when productions will be an automated process, 407 00:45:41,750 --> 00:45:46,469 when someone will take care of his kitchen-garden because it is a passion, not because he would otherwise die of starvation, 408 00:45:46,469 --> 00:45:49,684 when someone will have the chance to work as a artisan because he enjoys it, 409 00:45:49,684 --> 00:45:54,779 He makes his sculpture, and then, since not to sell for a living 410 00:45:54,779 --> 00:45:57,643 and maybe he will not be forced to sell his work, but he could even give it for free, as a gift 411 00:45:57,643 --> 00:46:07,141 and making gift will give you much more satisfaction than keeping everything just for yourself 412 00:46:07,141 --> 00:46:11,267 and that's why this is the only future we have, together. 413 00:46:11,267 --> 00:46:13,734 People usually think of a dualism in our society: rich and poor. 414 00:46:13,734 --> 00:46:15,537 The poor hates the rich, 415 00:46:15,537 --> 00:46:19,608 and the rich fears the poor. 416 00:46:19,608 --> 00:46:21,879 Thats's just wrong, 417 00:46:21,879 --> 00:46:25,846 we need rich people too, and make them understand that the only way they have to be happy 418 00:46:25,846 --> 00:46:29,639 is giving something, help other 419 00:46:29,639 --> 00:46:33,063 and not because some strange mistic theory says that, 420 00:46:33,063 --> 00:46:35,644 it's a scientific fact: 421 00:46:35,644 --> 00:46:47,831 making a FMRI scan we can see how our brain responds to an action made for ourself and our profit 422 00:46:47,831 --> 00:46:50,019 or when we do something for others. 423 00:46:50,019 --> 00:46:57,657 The satisfaction you receive when you do something altruistic is much more deep 424 00:46:57,657 --> 00:46:59,841 and we have to make people understand this. 425 00:46:59,841 --> 00:47:01,405 If you look at rich people, 426 00:47:01,405 --> 00:47:09,172 you will see that among them there is the highest percentage of suicides or the highest usage of antidepressants 427 00:47:09,172 --> 00:47:14,962 because, since they were young, they were educated 428 00:47:14,977 --> 00:47:22,400 to think that the most relevant thing is to make money, and that acquiring more goods will make them happy. 429 00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:25,903 At the age of 30, 40, 50, 60 years 430 00:47:25,903 --> 00:47:33,372 they see that their life is empty, and the only thing that they are able to do leads them to be even more unhappy. 431 00:47:33,372 --> 00:47:38,742 So, why shouldn't we make them understand 432 00:47:38,742 --> 00:47:44,903 concepts like sharing and cooperations, from now? 433 00:47:44,903 --> 00:47:51,447 I think that this is spirituality too, 434 00:47:51,447 --> 00:47:56,711 this is what we call "social therapy" 435 00:47:56,711 --> 00:47:59,799 real education is an education of our spirit too, 436 00:47:59,799 --> 00:48:01,913 an education on how to relate with others, 437 00:48:01,913 --> 00:48:04,157 how to relate with nature, 438 00:48:04,157 --> 00:48:05,541 with other species, 439 00:48:05,541 --> 00:48:10,904 that we actually abuse like they were objects, 440 00:48:10,904 --> 00:48:14,410 That's spirituality too! 441 00:48:24,666 --> 00:48:27,772 Do you have any other question? 442 00:48:34,895 --> 00:48:39,927 When will Zeitgeist's next film be released? 443 00:48:40,650 --> 00:48:46,572 The next Zeitgeist's film, which is named "Moving Forward", will be released during January, in 2011, 444 00:48:46,572 --> 00:48:52,483 it will be released in more than 20 languages and in more than 60 countries, 445 00:48:52,483 --> 00:48:57,208 we will try to make it visible in some selected cinemas, 446 00:48:57,208 --> 00:49:01,347 an event that Zeitgeist's member will organize in their cities. 447 00:49:01,347 --> 00:49:07,170 Here you can find something about our project, everything is free 448 00:49:07,170 --> 00:49:16,355 there are some DvDs of Zeitgeist Addendum and a multimedial introduction to the movement 449 00:49:16,355 --> 00:49:19,029 and even some copies of the "Orientation guide for the activist" 450 00:49:19,029 --> 00:49:23,042 and if someone is really interested I can give them for free, even if they are for my personal use 451 00:49:23,042 --> 00:49:30,535 by the way, you can download them from the site in .pdf to print the book or buy it 452 00:49:30,535 --> 00:49:40,922 at its cost price, we don't have profit from it. 453 00:49:40,922 --> 00:49:45,844 I'd like to make a question to Daniele 454 00:49:47,413 --> 00:49:53,517 "Hi, Daniele. I was wondering about 455 00:49:53,517 --> 00:50:07,263 how your position in a big multinational affects your participation in Zeitgest Movement 456 00:50:07,263 --> 00:50:15,993 I think you probably try to bring this "spirit of the times" in your company. 457 00:50:15,993 --> 00:50:25,676 Well, other than the social therapy Federico was talking about, 458 00:50:25,676 --> 00:50:29,206 it is really important that we educate scientists too 459 00:50:29,206 --> 00:50:37,774 so what I wanted to ask you is how this can happen, and if you don't mind we'd like to hear something about your life? 460 00:50:37,774 --> 00:50:44,345 "What lead me to join Zetigest Movement, was indeed my experience 461 00:50:44,345 --> 00:50:47,689 because my "high" position at work 462 00:50:47,689 --> 00:51:01,551 give me the opportunity to observe all detrimental effects that our system based profit and competitions between corporations brought to people 463 00:51:01,551 --> 00:51:03,223 and my work associates are an example of this. 464 00:51:03,223 --> 00:51:05,011 They are wonderful people, 465 00:51:05,011 --> 00:51:08,726 great family men, and so on... 466 00:51:08,726 --> 00:51:11,443 But nowadays they are forced to take horrible decisions 467 00:51:11,443 --> 00:51:14,508 to "salve" the corporation they work for, 468 00:51:14,508 --> 00:51:18,269 because they and many other workers depend from it, 469 00:51:18,269 --> 00:51:24,051 so from this situation, I can understand that is not about evilness of people, 470 00:51:24,051 --> 00:51:27,975 but the global design of a system based on profit 471 00:51:27,975 --> 00:51:32,921 that generates the conditions for what companies are so selective, competitive and live and dominate without remorses, imposing their rules 472 00:51:32,921 --> 00:51:44,438 because in a competitive system, who wins can decide rules of the game 473 00:51:44,438 --> 00:51:48,270 and the winner is always the one lacking restraint 474 00:51:48,270 --> 00:51:56,141 I saw many fair companies leaded by wonderful people going bankruptcy because they cannot sustain that type of market 475 00:51:56,141 --> 00:52:01,691 our distorted view make us believe that people are selfish 476 00:52:01,691 --> 00:52:12,442 but the reality is that our system only choose the most selfish and make them winners, 477 00:52:12,442 --> 00:52:15,808 so we just see that minority 478 00:52:15,808 --> 00:52:28,161 without seeing who doesn't win because he just wanted to do something for others. 479 00:52:28,161 --> 00:52:30,530 But I can assure you that it's not like that 480 00:52:30,530 --> 00:52:34,477 I work in this corporation and I'm always in competition with other researchers 481 00:52:34,477 --> 00:52:47,852 and even when I tried to share something with them, like the Venus Project, 482 00:52:47,852 --> 00:52:55,770 they didn't trust me, 483 00:52:55,770 --> 00:52:59,764 because they thought it was just a way to "eliminate" them 484 00:52:59,764 --> 00:53:02,364 but this way of thinking went against them 485 00:53:02,414 --> 00:53:04,361 they expelled theirselves from "the game" by keeping the distances from me, 486 00:53:04,361 --> 00:53:10,724 while I advanced from my researcher position to manager. 487 00:53:10,724 --> 00:53:15,507 "So, you are the living being that collaborating is essential?" 488 00:53:15,507 --> 00:53:17,875 Yes! The collaboration is the most efficient thing 489 00:53:17,875 --> 00:53:26,676 and it's what I had to do to reach my actual position. To "fight" against other multinationals 490 00:53:26,676 --> 00:53:31,691 I brought in Norway with me teo Italians, 491 00:53:31,691 --> 00:53:35,128 we already trusted one another, 492 00:53:35,128 --> 00:53:37,636 so we created a team 493 00:53:37,636 --> 00:53:42,465 of just three people collaborating for the same objective. 494 00:53:42,465 --> 00:53:53,704 That's the main difference with other multinationals that keep their 100 workers in competition 495 00:53:53,704 --> 00:53:58,905 so everyone just work for himself, creating as a result, a 1% 496 00:53:58,905 --> 00:54:04,060 against our 100% percent 497 00:54:04,060 --> 00:54:08,797 because we work sharing our knowledge, we do not keep them for ourselves, 498 00:54:08,797 --> 00:54:11,792 and that's something everyone can do, 499 00:54:11,792 --> 00:54:14,967 it's just a matter of sensitiveness. 500 00:54:22,961 --> 00:54:27,117 "Ok, another question" 501 00:54:27,117 --> 00:54:54,819 "Did you thought about proposing something in schools, that most of the time kinda deform new generations minds? 502 00:54:54,819 --> 00:54:57,860 Thank you, a very good question! 503 00:54:57,860 --> 00:54:59,393 Yes, of course! 504 00:54:59,393 --> 00:55:03,967 One of our GdL (workgroups) is "Education" 505 00:55:03,967 --> 00:55:12,721 it's working on projects to realise a mini-guide for students and teachers, 506 00:55:12,721 --> 00:55:20,314 so teachers can teach in a different way 507 00:55:20,314 --> 00:55:23,751 and for primary schools' students. 508 00:55:23,751 --> 00:55:31,715 starting from comics or something like that 509 00:55:31,715 --> 00:55:33,875 becoming more complex 510 00:55:33,875 --> 00:55:43,395 to explain concepts like collaboration 511 00:55:43,395 --> 00:55:53,403 looking at nature, animals, stars 512 00:55:53,403 --> 00:55:55,469 collaborating with each other in the discoveries 513 00:55:55,469 --> 00:55:59,370 and also give lectures in schools are our priorities. 514 00:55:59,370 --> 00:56:17,366 Even though the movement is relatively young it has been growing exponentially 515 00:56:17,366 --> 00:56:23,565 now we have to understand what are the foundations to start from, 516 00:56:23,565 --> 00:56:28,302 create workgroups able to work in different areas 517 00:56:28,302 --> 00:56:39,349 for example, Video and Graphics workgroups for making flyers, stickers, PDF charts, T-shirts, and videos 518 00:56:39,349 --> 00:56:45,182 The translations workgroup is in charge to translate material from English to Italian 519 00:56:45,182 --> 00:56:53,194 and than we have the Formation workgroup who is developing a project called "My life in the Venus Project" 520 00:56:53,194 --> 00:56:57,553 until now we have written two episodes and we're working on the third one 521 00:56:57,553 --> 00:57:00,968 we have another editorial project, which is still under development, that should be published once every two months 522 00:57:00,968 --> 00:57:10,066 it will be a selection of our stories, science articles and about argumenting and communicating. 523 00:57:10,066 --> 00:57:14,489 In these episodes we imagine the future we are building. It could not be perfect, but it's surely better than the present. 524 00:57:14,489 --> 00:57:20,020 Imagine that five years after the transition passt 525 00:57:20,020 --> 00:57:24,827 in a world that is not perfect, but better than the current 526 00:57:24,827 --> 00:57:27,979 We try to answer some questions like: 527 00:57:27,979 --> 00:57:34,151 We will focus on how our life will be like without work, without the use of money 528 00:57:34,151 --> 00:57:41,110 bringing people to say: 529 00:57:41,110 --> 00:57:45,343 Imagine that you have to work. You need pasta, pomedori, we have them! 530 00:57:45,343 --> 00:57:46,857 What do you do? 531 00:57:46,857 --> 00:57:53,065 "I never thought about it, you know?" 532 00:57:53,065 --> 00:57:59,066 "You just have one life. When would you think about this? In the next one?" 533 00:57:59,066 --> 00:58:01,858 Our aim is to make people think how they would live and what they could do in a system not based on money. 534 00:58:01,858 --> 00:58:12,050 one of many, of how a family could live, or a researcher or an artist. 535 00:58:12,050 --> 00:58:16,735 How people would live in the venus project, in everyday life? 536 00:58:20,858 --> 00:58:24,035 Exactly. First here (the head) and then the rest. 537 00:58:24,035 --> 00:58:34,512 [I am very happy that the motto of the revolution of the 69 "imagination to power" we are still very active in 2011. Thank you.] 538 00:58:34,512 --> 00:58:35,852 Thank you.